C.H. Spurgeon

Sinners, let me address you with words of life; Jesus wants nothing from you, nothing whatsoever, nothing done, nothing felt; he gives both work and feeling. Ragged, penniless, just as you are, lost, forsaken, desolate, with no good feelings, and no good hopes, still Jesus comes to you, and in these words of pity he addresses you, "Him that cometh unto me I will in no wise cast out."

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Thursday, August 09, 2007

7 Points to Watch for in Imposters of Expositional Preaching

Mike Gilbart-Smith covers 7 points of “Expositional Imposters” concerning expositional preaching.

The points:
1) The point of the passage is misunderstood: the ‘Unfounded Sermon’.
2) The point of the passage is ignored: the ‘Springboard Sermon’.
3) The point of the passage remains unapplied: the ‘Exegetical Sermon’.
4) The point of the passage is applied to a different congregation: the ‘Irrelevant Sermon’.
5) The point of the passage misapplied to the present congregation: the ‘Misfit Sermon’.
6) The point of the passage is divorced from its generic impact: the ‘Doctrinal Sermon’.
7) The point of the passage is preached without reference to the passage: the ‘Shortcut Sermon’

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John Bunyan

To be saved is to be preserved in the faith to the end. 'He that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.' (Mt. 24:13) Not that perseverance is an accident in Christianity, or a thing performed by human industry; they that are saved 'are kept by the power of God, through faith unto salvation.' (1 Pet. 1: 3-6) But perseverance is absolutely necessary to the complete saving of the soul…. He that goeth to sea with a purpose to arrive at Spain, cannot arrive there if he be drowned by the way; wherefore perseverance is absolutely necessary to the saving of the soul.